IIIMF FAQ for Fedora Core Project

General FAQ

Q: Which languages have been enabled for IIIMF?

Currently CJK (Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean) and Indic (Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi) are being IIIMF enabled in Fedora Core by default.

Q: Which LEs (language engines) are included in Fedora Core?

• iiimf-le-canna - Japanese
• iiimf-le-hangul - Korean
• iiimf-le-xcin - Traditional Chinese
• iiimf-le-chinput - Simplified Chinese
• iiimf-le-unit - Indic, European, Unicode
• iiimf-le-sun-thai - Thai

Q: What locales should have language engines if I have installed all of above?

• iiimf-le-canna - ja_JP.UTF-8
• iiimf-le-hangul - ko_KR.UTF-8
• iiimf-le-xcin - zh_TW.UTF-8
• iiimf-le-chinput - zh_CN.UTF-8
• iiimf-le-unit - bn_IN.UTF-8, gu_IN.UTF-8, pa_IN.UTF-8, ta_IN.UTF-8, hi_IN.UTF-8

Q: What can I use to switch to different language engines?

For example, if you are running your desktop in Japanese environment (ja_JP.UTF-8), by default you should have iiimf-le-canna enabled. If you like to use iiimf-le-xcin in your Japanese environment, you can use GIMLET applet located on your top panel to switch between different installed LE.

Running IIIMF FAQ

Q: What's the list of default hotkeys in IIIMF?

General:

• Ctrl+Space: Activate/Deactivate language engine
• Shift+Space: Activate/Deactivate language engine

iiimf-le-unit:

• F6: Switch to different layout within the language
• F5: Switch to different languages within UNIT LE

Q: Can I manually enable IIIMF for other locales or all locales so that I can use [insert your favorite language engine name]?

Yes. To enable IIIMF regardless locale in your current user environment. Please do:

$ mkdir ~/.xinput.d
$ ln -s /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/iiimf ~/.xinput.d/default

$ mkdir ~/.xinput.d
$ ln -s /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/iiimf ~/.xinput.d/en_US

Q: I do not have GIMLET (gnome-im-switcher) enabled on my desktop. What should I do?

• Right click on your panel
• Press "add to panel"
• Select "InputMethod Switcher"
• Press "Add"

Troubleshooting IIIMF FAQ

Q: OK! It is still not working in GNOME. What can I check?

• Check if you have installed iiimf-server, iiimf-x, iiimf-libs, iiimf-gtk, iiimf-gnome-im-switcher, and one of the language engine above
• Check if you have started IIIM service: i.e. service iiim status. If not please start the service in root: service iiim start
• Check manually if the server is working by running LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 GTK_IM_MODULE=iiim gedit (if you have installed iiimf-le-canna. Please check the previous question for locale reference to language engine)
• If it is working, that's mean you do not have the environment variable or correct locale. Please check what locale are you in by running locale in command line, or check if you have ~/.xinput.d setup correctly.

Q: OK! It is still not working in KDE. What can I check?

• Check if you have installed iiimf-server, iiimf-x, iiimf-libs, iiimf-gtk, iiimf-gnome-im-switcher, and one of the language engine above
• Check if you have started IIIM service: i.e. service iiim status. If not please start the service in root: service iiim start
• Check if you have started XIM/IIIMF bridge server: i.e. ps auxwww | grep httx. If not please run LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 httx (if you have installed iiimf-le-canna. Please check the previous question for locale reference to language engine)
• Run another terminal emulator, and check manually if the server is working by running LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 XMODIFIERS=@im=htt kedit (if you have installed iiimf-le-canna. Please check the previous question for locale reference to language engine)
• If it is working, that's mean you do not have the environment variable or correct locale. Please check what locale are you in by running locale in command line, or check if you have ~/.xinput.d setup correctly.

Q: I cannot see my any languages in "Add or Remove" dialog in GIMLET applet. What should I do?

GIMLET applet can only fetch the language list when you have already ran a application. For example, please run gedit and then try again.

Bug submission FAQ

Q: Which component should I post against?

• iiimf-le-xcin please post against iiimf-le-xcin component.
• iiimf-le-chinput please post against iiimf-le-chinput component.
• For all other iiimf-* packages, please post against im-sdk component.